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After Meeting Bill Gaither This Bucket List Is Complete Sometimes in this business, it isn’t so much what you know as it is who you know. A couple of years ago I wrote about trying to nail the final plank in my bucket list by meeting Bill Gaither.  If you have recently transferred in from Uranus, you may not be familiar with the name.  Bill Gaither and his wife, … [Read more...] about January 14, 2019: After Meeting Bill Gaither This Bucket List is Complete

I am not very good at prognostications.  But I am always full of hope.   There are a number of events I would love to see happen in 2019; so much so that I have already written a short release on each should they occur.  That way, I will look very smart and since I will already have told you about them, I will have more free time to pursue my dream of … [Read more...] about December 31, 2018: An Advance Look At What Could Be Major News Stories In 2019

Well, we can pretty much stick a fork in the Year of our Lord 2018.  By the time you are through roasting chestnuts on an open fire or eating the last of the leftover turkey, 2019 will come knocking on the door.  This has been a very good year in one respect:  I did not read my obituary and I am guessing that you didn’t read yours, either. I don’t do New … [Read more...] about December 24, 2018: Recognizing Those Who Made 2018 A Year To Remember

I’m not sure I will ever qualify for the heaven owned and operated by God, but I have been to the Lego store in Rockefeller Center in New York.  That was about as heavenly an experience as this sinner could ever hope for. Cameron Charles Yarbrough, who gives special meaning to the word “great” as in great-grandson, is a Lego fanatic.  You name it and he has built … [Read more...] about December 17, 2018: Sharing A Great-Grandson’s Visit To Lego Heaven